ACS News Valery Chalidze, who founded the committee, complained of interference with his mail and telephone calls in a letter to the Soviet Ministry of Communications. On Dec. 7, 1971, FAS tried again with a registered air mail letter. But more than two months have passed and no reply has been received. FAS, in its statement on freedom of scientific communication, warns that nations that make international cooperation difficult for their scientists can only retard their own national development. FAS urges all nations to facilitate intellectual exchanges between scientists and scholars. "No limitations should be placed on the rights of scientists to attend conferences of their peers or to invite their foreign colleagues to their own country. No censorship should prevent their correspondence on matters of scientific and scholarly interest," the FAS statement says.
Union for chemists A union for chemists is being formed by S. S. Fishman, proprietor of San Francisco-based Sara Scientific Co., a company that markets scientific equipment. The union is to be called SETUP (Scientists, Engineers, Technologists—United Professionals). Mr. Fishman says he determined that there was a need for such a union from the views expressed in many of the letters to the editor in C&EN. He has called a luncheon meeting at the Boston national meeting at which he will have the union's constitution and bylaws and application forms available. The meeting will be held in the Dalton Room A, Sheraton Boston Hotel, Wednesday, April 12, at 12.30 P.M. and is by invitation only. Mr. Fishman tells C&EN that membership in the union will be by initiation fee of $100 and $10 a month. His target membership is about 35,000 in five years.
Delaware Section support The executive committee of the Delaware Section supports the proposal for the creation of a Division of Professional Relations with the objectives to: • Improve communications between members and officials of the Society. • Increase the flow of information. • Provide a forum for debating issues. • Generate ideas on matters of professional relations within the Society. Signed by B. C. Repka, chairman, Delaware Section.
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Honors to three Clarkson men With the presentation of the ACS Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry at the ACS national meeting this month, Clarkson College of Technology faculty can chalk up three winners of the award, which is sponsored by Kendall Co. Dr. Egon Matijevic (left), professor of chemistry and director of the Institute of Colloid and Surface Science, who is this year's recipient, is congratulated by Dr. Stephen Brunauer, Clarkson professor of chemistry, who won the award in 1961. On the right is Dr. Milton Kerker, dean of the school of arts and science and 1971 winner.
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Dr. Edward J. Billingham, Jr., promoted to professor of chemistry at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Stanley C. Grenda appointed chairman of the department . . . James V. DeRose, head of science department at Marple Newtown Schools, Newtown Square, Pa., will receive a citation for distinguished service to science education at the National Science Teachers Association convention in New York City in April. Others similarly honored will be Elmer W. Headlee, retired chemistry teacher of Kirkwood, Mo.; Rose E. Lammel, professor emeritus, Wayne State University; Ellsworth S. Obourn, retired specialist for science, U.S. Office of Education; and Fletcher G. Watson of Harvard. Gustav Ohaus Awards will be given by Ohaus Scale Corp., American Gas Association, and NSTA to the following in recognition of creative approaches in science teaching: First prize of $1000 to Dr. Alexander Calandra, chairman of science department, Webster College, and professor of physical science, Washington University, St. Louis; second prize of $500 to Dr. Marjorie H. Gardner, professor of chemistry at University of Maryland; honorable mention to Dr. Donald G. Hicks, associate professor of chemistry at Georgia State University; and to Dr. Katherine M. Jones, associate professor of physical science at University of Tulsa . . . Dr. Roy G. Gordon of Harvard will present the annual Denkewalter Lecture at Loyola University, Chicago, April 19. He will speak on intermolecular forces. Dr. Abdul B. Lateef, formerly assistant professor of chemistry at Youngstown State University, has been transferred to the department of criminal justice as assistant professor. He will set up crime lab-
oratories and develop undergraduate and graduate programs in forensic science . . . Dr. Joseph H. McLain, chairman of chemistry department at Washington College, Chestertown, Md., will present the 1972 James Mapes Dodge Lecture for High School Students at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, April 10 and 11 . . . Dr. C. N. R. Rao of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, wins the Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for 1968 of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India, for outstanding contributions in chemistry. Industry
Dr. Richard Albert and Dr. Robert Capwell promoted to senior research scientist and section leader-organic analysis and molecular structure, respectively, at N L Industries, Inc. (formerly National Lead Co.). George S. Foerster appointed principal research scientist . . . James D. Beach, Jr., named to newly created position of manager, applications development for advanced composite materials at Hercules, Inc., Wilmington . . . Kenneth B. Bischoff, who is Walter R. Read Professor of Engineering and director of school of chemical engineering at Cornell, will receive the 1972 Ebert Prize of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of American Pharmaceutical Association . . . Dr. Stanley Bloom named director of organic and photographic chemicals research at Polaroid Corp., Cambridge, Mass. . . . Norman W. Dachs promoted to senior research chemist and William L. Schall to senior research engineer at Hooker Chemical, Grand Island, N.Y. . . . Michael R. Devaney promoted to tooling products manager at Ren Plastics, Lansing, Mich. . . . Donald C. Garaventi APRIL 10, 1972 C&EN 39
People ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry sponsored Dy Fisher Scientific Company Scientist-administ r a t o r W. Wayne Meinke, who has made major contributions in such areas as activation analysis, trace characterizations, and s t a n d a r d reference materials, will receive the 1972 ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry. The $2000 award goes to the 47year-old chief of the analytical chemistry division, National Bureau of Standards. Dr. Meinke was the first to recognize the advantage of using short-lived radioisotopes for activation analysis. He was also among those first to demonstrate the practical application of the CockcroftWalton 14-m.e.v. neutron generator. After going to NBS in 1963, Dr. Meinke reevaluated and broadened the analytical chemistry p r o g r a m there with particular emphasis on encouraging work on standard reference materials in the areas of trace metals, nonmetals, and biomedical materials. He has edited a series of monographs Dn radiochemical separations as well as the book, "Trace Characterization, Chemical and Physical." Dr. Meinke has written or collaborated on some 150 scientific papers. Among the more recent honors he has won is the Gold Medal of the Department of Commerce. He also has served on a n u m b e r of national and international panels and committees.
ACS Award in Chromatography sponsored by SUPELCO, INC. J. Jack Kirkland, the developer of a series of controlled surface porosity column packings in highspeed liquid chromatography, has won the $2000 ACS chromatography award. It also recognizes the research fellow at Du Pont's Experimental Station, Wilmington, for his leading role in the editorship of "Modern Practice of Liquid Chromatography." In 1964, Dr. Kirkland developed a keen interest in high-speed chromatography's potential as a practical analytical tool b u t recognized the lack of suitable detectors and packings. Patents for the packings resulting from Dr. Kirkland's work have issued recently and several are now commercially available. Dr. Kirkland's most recent w o r k involves developing unique packings by chemically bonding various liquid phases to the surface of a Zipax-type substrate. Advantages of these stable packings include long life, reproducibility, rapid change between solvent systems, on-line process analysis, simplified instrumentation for partition chromatography, and a great variety of selectivity for separating chemical species. Dr. Kirkland is active in the Chromatography F o r u m of the Delaware Valley, and also helps teach the ACS Short Course on Modern Liquid Chromatography. 40
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n a m e d general manager of Rohm and Haas Argentina, S.A., Buenos Aires. Henry K. Woo n a m e d special technical consultant for textile and paper chemicals d e p a r t m e n t in Philadelphia . . . Mervin K. Goss appointed to newly created position of director, air and water resources at J. T. Baker Chemical Co., Phillipsburg, N.J. . . . Dr. W. Lincoln Hawkins promoted to head of plastics chemistry R&D department at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N J . . . . Jay J. Hopkin appointed field consultant for Wright Chemical Corp., Charlotte, N.C. . . . Ronald J. Jochim named district manager for Midland, Tex., office of industrial chemicals and solvents division of Ashland Chemical. David A. Botdorf appointed coordinator of operations research, Ashland, Ky. . . . Daniel C. Kaminski assigned to staff of technical field representatives for Union Carbide's molecular sieve department . . . Dr. Erwin Klingsberg, research fellow at American Cyanamid, Bound Brook, receives a British Government Traveling Fellowship and will lecture on his work at universities in England and Scotland . . . Thomas L. Lyall appointed v.p.-manufacturing and engineering, construction products division, W. R. Grace & Co., Cambridge, Mass. . . . Dr. Frans Peetoom promoted to v.p.-research at Hyland division of Baxter Laboratories, Costa Mesa, Calif. . . . Edward L. Silkin has formed E d w a r d L. Silkin & Associates, Inc., consultants in chemical, food, toiletries, cosmetic, and perfume industries, Woodland Hills, Calif. . . . Dr. Wayne Tamarelli appointed assistant to the senior v.p. of chemicals and technology development at Engelhard Industries, Newark, N J . . . . R. S. Treseder retires from Shell Development's research center, Emeryville, Calif., July 1 after 34 years of service. Dr. D. O. Schissler succeeds him as manager of the materials engineering and corrosion department . . . William Tucker named v.p. of L u m m u s Co., Bloomfield, N J . . . . Dr. Harry H. Weinstock, Jr., retires after 28 years of service with Allied Chemical, most recently as manager of special projects for fibers division . . . Dr. John F. Welch, general manager of chemical and metallurgical division, elected a v.p. of General Electric. Dr. Tah-Man Su joins GE as organic chemist, Schenectady. Dr. Fred M. Costaschuk joins as physical chemist and Dr. John A. DeLuca as inorganic chemist. Dr. Edward L. Simons transfers from R&D center of GE to newly created post of manager, environmental information center . . . Dr. Lennard Wharton joins corporate staff of I-T-E Imperial Corp., Philadelphia . . . Robert A. White appointed president of Marco chemical division of W. R. Grace & Co.'s Hatco group, Linden, N J . . . . Wesley H. Whittington and Harry H. Yieh named development scientists at B. F. Goodrich Chemical, Avon Lake, Ohio. Ralph E. Koester transfers from area sales manager to account manager in New York area . . . James L. Willa of Lilie-Hoffmann Cooling Towers, Inc., St. Louis, elected president of Cooling Tower Institute . . . Donald T. Winski promoted to manager of corporate systems engineering at GAF Corp. . . . James G. Zepp joins sales department of Basic Chemicals, Cleveland. Max F. Smith promoted to director of marketing . . . Donald R. Zikmund, sales engineer for Lubrizol Corp.'s metal finishing chemicals department, transfers to Louisville . . . Dr. A. O. Zoss, named group v.p. for Engelhard Industries, Newark, N J .
James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching sponsored by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Incorporated Irma Greisel of Gresham Union High School, Gresham, Ore., has taught more than 1600 students at Gresham. About 10% of these have gone on to major in chemistry and other sciences in college. A n u m b e r of her students have received advanced degrees. Her peers say that Mrs. Greisel is totally dedicated to teaching every student to think like a scientist. She accomplishes this difficult goal by demanding that every student understand theoretical concepts well enough to carry out independently devised experiments. H e r research-oriented approach to teaching has inspired a n u m b e r of her students to significant research achievement during their high school careers, and many of them have received widespread recognition for their high school work. Mrs. Greisel and Peter Jensch at Gresham have developed an integrated chemistry-biology course based on their recently published textbook, "Man: Nature's Most Dangerous Animal." The main goal of the course is to develop student environmental conscience. Chemical aspects of the course include studies of local conditions of water, soil, air, geology, and radioactivity.
James T. Grady Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public The James T. Grady Award winner, Dan Q. Posin, is professor of physical science and chairman of the d e p a r t m e n t of interdisciplinary sciences at San Francisco State College. Dr. Posin has written many articles for newspaper Sunday magazine sections, many of them on chemistry or chemistry-related subjects. He has also written a n u m b e r of popular science books, many of them emphasizing the importance of chemistry. His biography, "Mendeleyev—The Story of a Great Scientist," won a national award. He has delivered hundreds of popular science lectures. He has for many years presented television and radio shows, and is known as "Dr. Dan" to millions of people. He has won six E m m y Awards. Dr. Dan has devised plans for a n u m b e r of popular museums of science. For example, he is science consultant for Allied Chemical's Chemistry Hall of Science in the Allied Chemical Tower at Times Square, New York City, having first devised the winning plan for the hall of science and all of its exhibits. Dr. Dan continues to give talks to the public on such topics as chemistry and life in outer space. In his recent National Educational Television series, entitled "What's New," one show tells of the chemical analysis of rocks brought back from the moon.
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Garvan Medal Jean'ne M. Shreeve, professor of chemistry at the University of Idaho, is 1972 winner of the Garvan Medal. The award, which recognizes distinguished services to chemistry by women chemists, goes to Dr. Shreeve for her contributions to the fundamental understanding of the behavior of inorganic fluorine compounds, and to the synthesis of i m p o r t a n t new fluorochemicals. The award winner received a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Montana in 1953, an M.S. in analytical chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1956, and her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Washington in 1961. Following her doctorate, she joined the faculty at the University of Idaho as an assistant professor of chemistry. Dr. Shreeve was appointed an associate professor in 1965 and two years later a full professor. One of Dr. Shreeve's significant accomplishments was the discovery with her students of the compound, perfluorourea, a long-sought oxidizer ingredient. New synthetic routes to several important compounds, including chlorodifluoroamine and difluorodiazine, also have been developed in the medalist's laboratory. Both of these compounds, used to synthesize rocket oxidizers, were difficult to prepare by previously known techniques. More recently, Dr. Shreeve has shown that controlled hydrolysis of bis(perfluoroalkyl)sulfur difluorides results in totally fluorinated alkyl sulfoxides.
E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by Esso Research and Engineering Company One of the important pioneers in the evolution of zeolite catalysts, Paul B. Weisz of Mobil Oil receives added special recognition for his work in the general field of catalysis of m o r e than 20 years. Born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, Dr. Weisz, 52, has contributed to many areas beyond petroleum catalysis, b o t h in the basic understanding of phenomena in kinetics, catalysis, and mass transport, as well as their application across many disciplines, including reforming, fiber dyeing, combustion, and biological r a t e processes. His name is familiar from lectures here and abroad, and as an editor of Advances in Catalysis since 1956. As manager of Mobil's central research division since 1969, he directs a wide area of research that includes catalytic processing, petroleum products, and lubrication. Zeolites have now assumed a major role in petroleum processing. Dr. Weisz is widely known for his early contributions in the field. He first demonstrated how the pore system of crystallites can be used to design molecular-shape-selective catalyst systems.
MEN & MOLECULES A radio series presented by the American Chemical Society April 13
Science, Scientists, and the Public Interest Dr. Michael Jacobson Dr. Albert Fritsch Center for Science in the Public Interest See "Men and Molecules" listings (C&EN, Sept. 20, 1971, page 35) for stations broadcasting in your area. Each week C&EN announces the "Men and Molecules" program to be released the following Friday. Call your local station to find out about specific programs.
Calendar of Events Future ACS National Meetings April 9-14, 1972. Boston, Mass. Aug. 27-Sept. 1, 1972. New York, N.Y. April 8-13, 1973. Dallas, Tex. Aug. 26-31, 1973. Chicago, III. Write Meetings Dept., ACS, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. April 17-20. American Industrial Health Conf. Annual Mtgs. of Industrial Medical Assoc, and American Assoc, of Industrial Nurses. Civic Ctr., Philadelphia, Pa. Write Howard N. Schulz, 150 North Wacker Dr., Chicago, III. 60606. April 25-28. ACS Division of Rubber Chemistry. 101st Spring Mtg. StatlerHilton, Boston, Mass. Write F. M. O'Connor, Harwick Standard Chemical Co., 60 South Seiberling St., Akron, Ohio 44305. April 30-May 3. 10th Rare Earth Research Conf. Carefree Inn, Carefree, Ariz. Write Dr. Therald Moeller, Dept. of Chemistry, Arizona State U, Tempe, Ariz. 85281. May 3-5. ACS Central Regional Mtg. William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa. Write Dr. Robert A. Friedel, BuMines, 4800 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213. May 3-5. Chemical Marketing Research Assoc. Annual Mtg. Americana Hotel, New York, N.Y. Write James E. McCarthy, CMRA, 100 Church St., New York, N.Y. 10007. May 7-10. Scientific Apparatus Makers Assoc. Annual Mtg. Sonesta Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas. Write George E. Lawrence, SAMA, 1140 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. May 17-18. 3rd Annual Environmental Pollution Symp. American Ordnance Assoc, Washington, D.C. Write Cdr. A. D. Sullivan, AOA Hdqtrs., 819 Union Trust Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20005. May 25-26. American Assoc, of Textile Chemists & Colorists. Symp. Hotel Roosevelt, New York, N.Y. Write AATCC Technical Ctr., Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27709. June 13-17. Symp. on Industrial Needs for Critically Evaluated P-V-T Data of Ethylene and Related Substances. Airlie House, Warrenton, Va. Write Dr. H. van Olphen, Natl. Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418.
June 14-16. Seminar on Plastics Bottles. AMA Hdqtrs., New York, N.Y. Write Michael A. Delia, Delia Associates, 613 Springfield Ave., Berkeley Hts., N.J. 07922. June 14-16. ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry. 25th Annual Summer Symp. Western Washington State College, Bellingham, Wash. Write Dr. M. A. Evenson, U of Wisconsin Medical Ctr., 1300 University Ave., Madison, Wis. 53706. June 18-22. Assoc, of Food and Drug Officials of the U.S. 76th Annual Conf. Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello, N.Y. Write Kenneth A. Silver, AFDO, 850 Third Ave., Rm. 700, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. June 24-25. 4th Ohio Valley Gas Chromatography Symp. Hueston Woods State Park Lodge, Ohio. Write Jean Weaver, Sta. B, Box B, Dayton, Ohio 45407. Aug. 14-18. New England Assoc, of Chemistry Teachers. 34th Summer Conf. Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. Write C. Francis Egan, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H. 03770. Sept. 12-14. European Federation of Chemical Engineering. Symp. on Decision, Design, and the Computer. London, England. Write DDC, Institution of Chemical Engineers, 16 Belgrave Sq., London SW1X8PT, England. Sept. 23-27. ASTM Committee E-19 on Chromatography. 11th Annual Mtg. Stouffer's River Front Inn, St. Louis, Mo. Write J. H. Fager, Union Carbide Corp., Box 65, Tarrytown, N.Y. 10592.
ACS SHORT COURSES April 21-22. Electroorganic Synthesis; Norman L. Weinberg. Rochester, N.Y. April 21-22. Modern Liquid Chromatography; Lloyd R. Snyder and J. J. Kirkland. Charleston, W.Va. April 28-29. Communication Skills for Chemists and Chemical Engineers; Frederick G. Sawyer. Seattle, Wash. May 6-7. Modern Liquid Chromatography; Lloyd R. Snyder and J. J. Kirkland. Pittsburgh, Pa. May 19-20. Communication Skills for Chemists and Chemical Engineers; Frederick G. Sawyer. Los Angeles, Calif. June 2-3. Maintaining and Trouble Shooting Chromatographic Systems; John Q. Walker and Minor T. Jackson. Chicago, III. June 4-9. Minicomputers and Interfacing; Raymond E. Dessy and David G. Larsen. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. June 19-23. Gas Chromatography, Theory and Practice; Harold M. McNair and James M. Miller. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. For complete information and registration forms, write to Education Department, ACS, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, and specify course and location. To register by phone, call (202) 737-3337, ext. 258.
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